Trending Politics Conservative News and Commentary By Chris Powell
The Trump administration has reinstated the bronze statue of Confederate Gen. Albert Pike in Washington, D.C.—five years after it was torn down, spray-painted, and set on fire during the chaos of the 2020 riots.
The 11-foot-tall statue, which sits atop a 16-foot granite pedestal in Judiciary Square, was returned to its original location this past weekend under orders from the National Park Service (NPS). The move follows a federal directive from President Trump to restore all historic monuments that were vandalized or removed amid the unrest that swept across the nation following the death of George Floyd.
The Pike statue was toppled on June 19, 2020—Juneteenth—by a mob of demonstrators who used ropes to pull it down before setting it ablaze. The scene became one of the most viral moments of that summer’s riots, with flames lighting up the night sky near downtown Washington as police stood by.
At the time, the statue was targeted because of Pike’s ties to the Confederacy, despite the monument itself being commissioned not to celebrate his military service but his role as a Freemason leader. Still, protesters claimed it was a “symbol of systemic racism,” leaving the burned-out base covered in graffiti for months until the remains were finally hauled away.
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